John Player Cup ’79 | “And Kenney’s over…”

There’s 74 minutes on the clock. Tigers are trailing 9-12 to Moseley RFC at Twickenham Stadium in the final of the John Player Cup. The year is 1979.

It’s a year that would kick-start an era of dominance for Leicester Tigers as the club overcame a dominant Mosely team on April 21 to win the club’s first-ever John Player Cup trophy.

As part of the club’s celebrations marking 40 years since the cup win, LTTV caught up with former Tigers scrum-half and chairman of the past players association Steve Kenney to relive the day in the first part of our special series.

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